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- 2021
- PG-13
- Netflix
- 1 h 37 m
- 2021
- PG-13
- Netflix
- 1 h 37 m
Summary Amidst the bustle of a magnetic and multifaceted city, the budding love between two dreamers is tested by duty and religious divides.
Directed By: Gitanjali Rao
Written By: Asad Hussain, Nadja Dumouchel, Gitanjali Rao
- 2021
- PG-13
- Netflix
- 1 h 37 m
- 2021
- PG-13
- Netflix
- 1 h 37 m
Bombay Rose
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Summary Amidst the bustle of a magnetic and multifaceted city, the budding love between two dreamers is tested by duty and religious divides.
Directed By: Gitanjali Rao
Written By: Asad Hussain, Nadja Dumouchel, Gitanjali Rao
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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29% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
64
71% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Gitankali Rao’s debut feature is a stunningly realised work of animated film-making.
Painstakingly hand-painted frame by frame, the film is visually dazzling, veering between styles and time periods to create a living, breathing continuum of Indian art. It’s mesmerizing — but given its haphazard narrative, the film’s delights begin and end at its aesthetics.
Indeed, there’s such an abundance of labored-over beauty in Bombay Rose that it feels almost churlish to say its storytelling is less enrapturing: Rao, who animated, edited and wrote the film on her own, seems to be least assured on the last of those tasks.
There is a palpable sense that this was made by someone who knows Mumbai backwards and truly loves its ochre-colored streets, cluttered sidewalks and peeling billboards advertising old movie releases, right down to every frayed shred of paper.
If you’re looking for an animated dip into Indian culture and a film that charts its own path to a distinct animated style, it’s well worth a look.
The disparate ingredients do not always gel. But in fits and starts Bombay Rose casts quite a spell.
The movie is lovely, but airless and bolted with scraps that barely hold together.
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Production Company
Cinestaan Film Company,
Les Films d'Ici,
Goldfinch
Release Date Mar 8, 2021
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating PG-13
Awards
Mumbai Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
FOI Online Awards
• 2 Nominations
